Weathered Box

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Location

Labitat

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The idea with this is to have a workshop on making some sort of box and then weathering it to make it look like it has been used for many years and had a hard life. There are many techniques and ways to build the box (wood, plastic, metal, glued, riveted, etc.) and even more ways to decorate and "use" the box to make it look perfect.

Box ideas

You can make all kinds of boxes, big or small, specific for one thing or more generic. Below is a few links as inspiration. Some are probably a bit too complicated for this build, but I still thinks they are good as inspiration:

Planning

It will probably need to be a full weekend workshop, and those interested in participating should be prepared to some preparation ahead of time.

Estimated cost is DKK 200,- to cover food, snacks and stuff needed for the decoration part. Price for parts to build the box will go on top.

My idea is to have a somewhat concentrated period where the projects are completed (the weekend workshop), but a fairly long time leading up to that weekend where participants can plan and collect various items to be used for the box.

I don't see this workshop as a traditional teacher/student setup, but more of a smaller group concentrating on helping each other and trying out different ideas in this area.

I don't think there is a need to have a specific use of the box in mind, but it probably helps to nail a perfect look.

Needed (main event)

Some materials to build the box (We can probably find something in Labitat, but each participant will need to find some of the more exotic stuff themselves)

wood

metal plate, profiles, corners

glue

hinges

locks

handles

Decoration / weathering tools (Flummer will try to find these things to share)

paint

stickers

coffee

brushes

spray cans

rags (for taking off excessive paint)

Needed (meta/organizational)

Find a date for the weekend workshop

Food for lunch

I'm thinking about sandwiches, pasta salad or something like that, probably something different the second day.

Snacks

Indication of interest

If you are interested in taking part in a workshop like this, please make a note below with your comments and ideas. This page has also been as a project, so that you can connect it to you user profile.